trunl

there are always the small pieces of land that some claim to be part of a different continent than they really are on, so i post this link to show what country belongs to what continent and the second link is for a detailed list to show exactly what country belongs to which continent.

Yeti

The Seven-Summits have nothing to do with political borderlines.It´s always a geological problem and because Greenland is considered to be part of the north american geology it is belongs definite to the north american continent!

trunl

first of all, not eons ago. lol. just about 350 years ago. second, so what you are saying is that the seven summits depend on how the land is divided up that day? so then the seven summits may change again someday?

1 Arctic - North Pole2 Arctic - Gunnbjørnsfjell3 Antarctic - South Pole4 Antarctic - Vinson5 Highest Point on Earth - Everest6 Farthest Point from the Earth's core and nearest point to the sun - Chimborazo

7 Harry's House - Lowest point on the planet Actually i mean the Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth... not much of a climb though

(Well 1 to 6 anyway)

Oh and by the way, Greenland is a self-governing overseas administrative division of the Kingdom of Denmark but it's on the North American tectonic plate so is part of the American continent

Actually there are around 14 major tectonic plates - we could create another list but what would be the point? I think the origininal seven summits right or wrong would always outshine it simply because of the way it showed how ordinary people could climb ANYWHERE if they really wanted to. That's the real significance of the seven summits

first of all, not eons ago. lol. just about 350 years ago. second, so what you are saying is that the seven summits depend on how the land is divided up that day? so then the seven summits may change again someday?

DON'T THINK SO!

trunl

Stupid remark there Trunl... Your age really shows here! Of course the seven summits can change as borders of the countries change.. Or didn't you know that until the Soviet union was disolved the highest peak in Europe was actually Mt. Blanc. If I'm not mistaken it was back in 1992 that Elbrus became Europe's highest peak but I will let that be unsaid. Anyway, you were what? 2-3 years old then... So if you wanna give a history lesson like earlier, make sure that you read up on some contemporary history as well

Now, then again I can't think of any other peak that this would be applicable to since the rest is safely within the "borders" of a continent...

Or didn't you know that until the Soviet union was disolved the highest peak in Europe was actually Mt. Blanc.

Actually I hate to play devil's advocate here... Parts of Soviet Russia were considered part of Europe (i believe it was the part west of the Urals and north of Georgia etc).

I think the reason people get so confused about Mt. Blanc is that people couldn't visit the Caucasus too easily back then so the Mt. Blanc climb being the highest peak in the alps was adopted by 'free' europeans as the highest in Europe. Hell most people i know STILL don't know what or where Elbrus is. I had a Geography 3rd Level Graduate argue with me about the highest peak in Europe - she didn't know about Elbrus, Dychtau, Ararat or any of the other peaks above Mt Blanc.

Since I have a PhD in Political Science I would love to talk a little bit more about this. You are correct that some parts of Soviet Union were considered a part of Europe even before the fall but Elbrus was NOT located in Europe prior to the fall of the USSR. Elbrus was then located in Asia, but when the USSR the european/asian border moved... So, you are actually wrong.

You views that the peak was to hard to reach doesn't really hold up as an argument, just look at Carstenz. That's peak is even harder to reach at this point but is still believed by the vast majority of climbers to be one of the 7 summits. The political instability in a country doesn't decide if a peak is part of the 7 summits or not, the political borders however do...

Ah but the 7 summits was conceived, completed and accepted a few years before the fall of the Soviet Union. So when did Elbrus become European? I'm a fan of European history so i find that interesting. Not saying you're wrong at all, by the way, I'm just curious :_[

As regards access - i guess it was just the case that people didn't really look to the Eastern Bloc countries for sporting pursuits